Orangutan

Biological anthropologist Cheryl Knott and wildlife photojournalist Tim Laman are speaking in Calgary on Sunday and Monday about orangutans. Knott spoke Thursday to Doug Dirks on The Homestretch. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Q: Wh…

SINGAPORE: Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok has accused the Singapore Zoo of putting up displays that shed a negative light on palm oil and called for countries in Southeast Asia to present a united front in supporting the industry.  When del…

Orangutans are being slaughtered in the wild just so their babies can be sold off as pets to the rich on the black market. The jungle animals — often just a few months old — are then kept in cages as sick “status symbols” in their homeland of Indonesia. And…

The Leuser rainforest in Indonesia is home to some of the world's most endangered species. It's the third largest area of rainforest in the world, and home to the endangereds; Sumatran tiger, Javan Rhinoceros, Sumatran elephant and Sumatran orangutan. But…

TO EXPERIENCE THE true Jakarta, sit in a taxi for an hour, listening to the motorbikes rev and the horns honk, only to realise that you are no closer to your destination than when you set off. Indonesias capital, home to 30m people, is in a constant state of …

This blog was originally published in The Ecological Citizen  Given its wide-ranging and transformative impacts, the global explosion of built infrastructure is arguably the most urgent environmental threat today (Laurance et al., 2014; Laurance and Arrea, 2…

JAKARTA IS bursting at the seams. Around 10m people squeeze into Indonesia's chaotic capital, with another 20m in the surrounding metropolitan area. Rapid urbanisation and a woeful lack of buses and trains have left the roads heavily jammed. In 2016, a survey…

When considering Indonesia as a family vacation destination, you probably think of Bali. This is a great option, but only one of Indonesia’s 17,508 islands. While only around 6,000 of these are inhabited, this still leaves you with enormous travel possibiliti…

Residents carry their belongings with a raft through the flood in Bengkulu, Indonesia, April 27, 2019. ANTARA FOTO/REUTERS Jakarta, Indonesia -- Floods and landslides from torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 31 people and displaced thousands …

For many consumers, palm oil has become synonymous with environmental devastation in Southeast Asia. The industry has brought mass deforestation to the region, shrunk orangutan habitat beyond recognition and compromised local livelihoods. Indonesia, in the pr…